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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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